I am very active in Labrador Rescue. I never read the book because.... why bother? I lived that story every day
A group of us from Lab Rescue went to see the movie today. It was phenomenal and EXTREMELY accurate! We are joking that we are going to start requiring that people who want to adopt puppies from us see the movie prior to being approved, at least the first half. Really well done movie.
Unlike the way many Hollywood movies have just about ruined other breeds, i.e. 101 Dalmatians, Pugs in Men In Black, BCs in Babe, it looks like the Labrador may not take a similar hit from this movie. They are overbred enough already :'(